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Gillian Welsh did not have her album cut. She went out and bought a lathe and cut it herself.

"The Music of Espionage" by 'Spies', 1988 Telarc edition. If you know.... you know.

Any Porcupine Tree

Name is Sea Change, no Sea of Change XD. And Beck's best one.

Ryan K. Smith and Chris Bellman

For something more modern, you can't go wrong with Michael Kiwanuka. "Love and Hate" is my favorite.

I love Smile by Brian Wilson.

Love the name of the video, there could be no better illustration of this quote: “Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment” - Alan Parsons 😂

Spoonful Records in Columbus over Used Kids? Wtffff

Um, while you strongly recommended the Gillian Welch album, you never spoke the name of the album. Help please. Thank you.

As for Paul Mccartney, his songs from “Venus & Mars” sound much better live on “Wings Over America”. 1 Neil Young: After The Gold Rush 2 Devo: ????

Hi Alex, Please do more of this. I always admire your open mind to new music and though I am not familiar with the albums you asked Kaitlyn to listen to, I found the whole thing very interesting and absorbing. Great stuff.

Well, I got zero... and I haven't seen any of those movies... yeah I know. But it was fun. I got one, though it's not a band or an artist but a dj, in the movie Tokyo Eyes, there's a scene when the main characters get home and the guy says let's put on some music and then dj Fumiya Tanaka comes with his decks and plays right next to them. The movie is a bit experimental so not for everyone but it's very nice nonetheless I think it came out in the late 90s early 2000s And I agree, that would be very hardcore niche to know the answer... ;-)

Nice Bananas shirt. I've known Doug and Michelle since the 70s. A lot of the memorabilia displayed in the store came from my mother's collection. We'll have to visit next time I make it back home to St. Pete.

Got 2. This was a fun challenge. Back at you with these Back to the Future 3 Urban Cowboy Road House Animal House Rio Bravo Blues Brothers - A point each Rock and Roll High School Adventures in Babysitting Austin Powers Bonus from TV shows The Beverly Hillbillies Mannix The Odd Couple

More - please

Many forgot also that C.D's are still Digital, so you can rip them and still have a physical and purely digital copy. I've done this I don't know how many times, especially handy as I give on compilations C/Ds and the like as me collection expands!

Thanks guys for the video I am learning more about some artists from you ❤

Listen tobtjr purity and dynamics in «The Arrival of Victor Feldman» or «Open» with Brian Auger

Ella and Lewis album is so dang good. I could, and have listened to them all day long.

Everyday should be an Aimee Mann day.

Who is this Ron guy?

My top 4 best-produced albums: Santana - Moonflower Boston - Boston Steely Dan - Aja Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother

Hi alex, thankyou for the video, sorry if I may ask for my references, recently I bought myself a RP1 and a pre-amp from rega, but I had a plan to upgrade the system with an amplifier which is elex-R from rega, do I still need my pre-amp for that? Sorry for bothering you, thankyou before

Number one disgrace. You never speak four india my dear. Y u make race four my country? My colour good colour. All colour amazing colour.

Still using my vintage Phillips 212 Electronic Turntable with my custom designed straight low-mass tonearm!

Congrats on your system build. Down the road in the future maybe try either a Denon 103 or 103r LOMC. Just trying to help you spend more money.

I would say the definition of small system is relative. my guess is you're out at least $10k on this one, for the money, it's nothing but small. Small in size but definitely not small in sound and I think that's what matter, if you can afford it, so enjoy! And thank you for mentioning the Hegel V10, I was not aware of it. At around $1600, I would not call it inexpensive, but it seems to be worth the money. I keep it in mind for when I decide to go the MC way.

25:49 ok, …my recommendation. Go with the passive speakers. Get the Hagel integrated amplifier ( with the phono board and dac) You may want to reconsider speaker stands as to elevate the speaker to your seated ear hight . Cables ..use what you like as long as the connectivity is 👍 As I said ..the all in one package has pluses and minuses…and seeing that your primary is vinyl..personally I think it’s not the way to go . Speakers ☑️ Amp☑️ TT☑️ Have a good one!😎

Isolation from the surroundings and minimal room treatment 👍👍

Good afternoon from Toronto☕️ Alex .

“Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.” - Alan Parsons

Thanks for posting this video. It is was timely and helpful

IMO, It is not worth buying audiophile pressings of popular music that was recorded prior to 1975. The audio recording technology wasn't great and the high quality remasters, of these so-so recordings yield only minimal improvements in overall sound quality. I have a small collection of imports made from great original masters & done by ace remastering sound engineers. Mostly late 70's to present. IMO, The sound is stunning clear and large.

Finally a video about record albums where the words "vinyl" and "vinyls" are conspicuously absent! 👍😎🎶

Here are some good ones...Dan Fogelberg Nerherlands, Klattu,Leonard Cohen Essentials.King Crimson (to name a few}.

Rush 2112, London recording of Carmina Burana, Jeff beck blow by blow, smashing pumpkins Mellon collie, miles Davis kind of blue, traffic welcome to the canteen and low sparks albums, montrose, Patti smith horses, and Santana moonflower and caravanserai albums

Seems like the standard faire we hear at hi-fi shows, not terribly interesting in my opinion. Gardot and Jones are elevator music/non offensive hotel lobby bar music. Why not recommend Tori Amos in stead? No real hard rock albums on your list?

How did you screw up the names of both the Brubeck and Beck albums? Worth noting: 'Ella and Louis', despite its magnificence in every other way, is a MONO album. In this way it becomes great speaker setup test record to make sure you're getting your L+R balance and sound pressure correct. Bizarrely you also recommended the REMIXED 2019 version of 'Abbey Road', and despite best efforts and a decent lacquer cut and resulting pressing, this 2019 MIX is inferior to the original. For less than 1/3 the cost of the MFSL, you can get a 2-lp version of 'What's Going On' cut by Kevin Gray!

Fabtastic pics! Thank you for sharing. Great sound. Thank you!

Even as someone who is 20, What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye is possibly the best album ever. It also is a top 5 favorite album of mine as well.

The Beck LP is great sounding. Unfortunately the Mofi pressing goes for ridiculously high sums now. Out of interest, what turntables don’t have the ability to play 45s?

Joshua Judges Ruth by Lyle Lovett👍🏼👍🏼

Time out thanks for video Brubeck and Desmond kill it!

Frank zappa recorded some great stuff, diana krall. Unlimited orchestra by the league. Black sabbath first album. B52s.. Robbie and sly anything, all great recordings, fleetwood mac, a good copy of early pink floyd.. Brubeck, Stan getz quartet records, chet baker, John coltrane albums, free wheeling bob dylan.. I have always thought that decent jazz sounds better through valve amps with transmission line speakers like imf tls 50.. Amazing what sound you can get for reasonable money.. Love valve amps because you can still buy nos valves for the pre and power stages of your amp to get the sound that matches your speakers. We are all chasing the point of closing our eyes and get the feeling we have the band in the room with us..

Watched your video almost 5 months ago but owing to home renovation, I was unable to get to my CDs around the house. Now that it is over, and I would like to add something to your views. I guess with art of the compact disc, it has to be divided into boxed sets and individual CD as they are two totally different formats. For boxed set, the classical thing you mentioned is definitely very interesting. I would also suggest Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico (45th Anniversary) which has the original banana peel; Grand Funk Railroad's Trunk of Funk which comes in like a big trunk; Dr. Feelgood's Looking Back which resembles a cigarette package; Ray Charles Pure Genius - The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) which is like a small pick-up once you open the carrier box which comes with a handle; Alice Cooper's Life & Crimes with a picture of Alice behind a 3-D prison window and of course Jethro Tull never failed to come up with some genuine design throughout the years. Their 25th Anniversary Box Set is so luxuriously designed like another cigar box with a wonderful book within. As for individual CD release, The Rolling Stones Rolled Gold, the inlay comes with an origami design which I still can't figure out what it stands for or what it means; As I said before, Jethro Tull never stop to amaze. Their Stand Up 2CD & DVD Edition keeps the original Stand-up design. Then my favorite nband of all time Free, back in 2002, released in Japan, the album Free Live which is a replica of an envelops with stamps that can be pasted on the cover. Then later, they released entire collection individually that theie spine of each of the CD, if put together, reveal two members of the group, namely Paul Kossogg and Paul Rodgers! So much so for the nCD artwork. While going through my collection, I also came across a compilation by Harvest called Harvest Festival. It is not a particularly unusual design but the cover photo has some kind of Biblical reference. Absolutely clever. Maybe one day you would like to do one on great cover pictures of CD/vinyl? Thanks as always.

Thanks for rekindling my interest in this album which has grown on me since I watched your video a few weeks ago. I actually bought the cassette of this album ages ago and later bought a CD but neither of them quite caught my ears until I watched your channel and decided to give it a go. Now I bought the latest version of this wonderful album on Impex and I am impressed. Thank you and I definitely agree with you it is, to my ears, better than Zombie's Odessey & Oracle.

I'm shocked, there are turntables that can't play 45 rpm, really?

Ok Boomer.

I know you can't mention them all, but I'm surprised you didn't suggest Buckingham Nicks Polydor Records Robert Ludwig release. Great recommendations and I have you to thank for turning me on to Nightbird. Outstanding!